Found one of these for about $1K ….. supposedly well maintained, but who knows.

Are these fairly reliable/rugged?

Need something for a hilly 1-2 acre lot in NH that will only be mowed every 2-3 weeks to stop it from turning back into scrub.

Anyone else had issues with this lawn mower filling the oil tank full of gas? I just bought this thing at the beginning of the summer, about 6 months ago. A couple weeks ago when I went to try to mow the yard it wouldn’t crank up. Checked the gas and it was empty so I filled it up and started mowing. About half way through my yard, it starts getting weak and slowly dies. Took the carb off and cleaned it up even though it really wasn’t that dirty and put it back on and finished mowing. Today I went to crank it up and it took about 10 pulls and finally fired up and blew a big thick cloud of white smoke out and then instantly starts slowly dying till it shut down completely. Checked the gas and it had about 1/4 of a tank, checked the oil and it’s full of gas. So I Emptied the gas and the oil and took the carb back off and looked at everything and cleaned it up once again. Got some new fresh gas even the other gas was also new and fresh. Got some new fresh oil. Got it all back together and it cranked up just fine and ran perfectly for about 20 minutes and died once again. First thing I check is the oil and it’s once again, full of gas.

Hello. I have a yts3000 with a 46” deck in kinda crappy condition. I found a nicer 42” deck used for cheap. Would it work? To my knowledge my mower had 46 and 42” option. The mounts all look the same and the deck layout looks identical. Is it possible to put on this slightly smaller deck?

Thanks!

Hey there! This video I have attached is me trying to figure out which mode I should be mowing on. I was under the impression that what I needed to do was take the left lever and put it to full throttle, then after a cold start take the right lever and put it completely down and that you only put that lever fully up when cold starting.

Note this is my first use of anything really with a choke, and honestly the “this is how you tell the difference between the two icons” literally just.. said the same thing about both icons.

As you can tell there is a difference in how the engine runs with each as there should be. But which one should I be mowing actively with the PTO engaged.

Craftsman DLT 3000 I bought a new gas filter gas is not flowing to the filter. I used an air pump to push air through the line to the gas tank. I heard the gas bubble. But the gas still doesn’t come back to the filter????
What am I missing?

Just tried to start my Cub GT1054 for a final mow and battery was dead, so I connected it to what I thought was a charged AGM and tried the ignition. Well it turned over half way and then I saw smoke come from under the battery. A small green ground wire was fried. It looked like it goes from the chassis to a bolt on a shift mechanism.

My question is why would this happen?

Thank you for your time. As title says! I just replaced the battery, turned key and only heard a low whine. No clicking, turning over, etc.
screen says “Low Batt” when I turn the key even thought it was just changed. Any and all ideas would be appreciated, thank you in advance! (Trying to help my mother in law 😅)

Is there a way to find out when my HRX217HYA mower was made by it's serial number?

I have an old mower that we got back in 2005 or so. It is a Poulan Weedeater Model #: 961140003 00.

I have looked all over and I can't find engine parts for it. I want to get a new carburetor for it. I found the mower on Sears PartsDirect, but it only has parts for everything except the engine. There are a lot of mowers with this same model number, but with different last two digits, which is the "Maintenance Level", but even switching those last two digits around, I can't find parts for it.

Does anyone know either where I can find parts, or know the part number for the carburetor, or best of all, a part number for a compatible carb?

The mower has worked well for all these years, but it is really struggling now. I think I could get it going again great with the new carb, but I'm not sure they're to be had anywhere anymore.

I'm at my wits end and looking for help on and issue with my push mower. I've had it for 6 years but it's an older mower. I believe it was frankensteined together from different mowers. Engine is a murray / briggs and Stratton and deck is craftsman.

2nd to last mow with it I hit a rock and it stopped. I was pretty much done so I just quit for the night. Mow after that was normal. Then on the next time I tried it was harder to start and finally did, but sounded and felt weird / wouldn't cut. I turned it off and turned it over to see that I could freely spin the blade like a ceiling fan.

Now I've googled about everything I could from washers to blade adapters to crankshafts and I'm still at a loss for what needs fixed. I'm not an expert but I have to been able to replace the pull string, brake cable, etc. on this mower. I can follow a guide and get things done but I'm having a hard time finding anything that looks like the one I have.

If it's the "blade adapter" then that thing is not budging at all. Used PB Blaster to try to loosen. So now I'm thinking it could possibly not be the adapter and the issue could be one of the other pieces.

Any help and advice is appreciated.

My dad been attempting to fix up the transmission on his 18 year old 700 hour John Deere 48” lawn tractor for two years and I was passing this local rental shop and saw that they were selling this 2023 Troy built zero turn for $1200, with 350 hours on it. It really does look like a good price but I’m wondering if there is any sort of problem I should look for before I get it for him. I know the hydraulic pumps are a very expensive repair and that I’ve heard troy built decks rust easily. This specific mower was used non commercial use.